Trading in Uniper shares has started

Shares began trading this morning in the Prime Standard on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The opening price was set at 10.015 euros on the Xetra trading platform. Shares of the international energy company Uniper began trading this morning in the Prime Standard of the regulated market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The opening price was set at 10.015 euros during an opening auction on the trading platform Xetra.

After Uniper Group’s split from E.ON was registered in E.ON’s commercial register on September 9, E.ON shareholders were allotted 53.35 percent of Uniper shares. For every ten shares of E.ON SE owned, shareholders have received one additional registered no-par-value share of Uniper SE.

“With the listing Uniper is now a truly independent company,” says Klaus Schafer, CEO of Uniper. “I want to thank everyone involved for being fully focused on hte spin-off for almost two years and putting a tireless effort. As a focused, international energy company, our job is to secure a reliable supply of energy. Uniper is the backbone and serves as partner to the energy transition. We continue to pursue our strategy and are moving ahead with the required measures to satisfy the expectations of our customers and investors.”

Uniper shares bear the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) DE000UNSE018 and the Securities Identification Number (WKN) UNSE01.

Uniper is a leading international energy company with operations in more than 40 countries and roughly 13,000 employees. Its primary role is the reliable supply of energy and related services. Its core activities include the production of electricity in Europe and Russia, together with global energy trading.

The company is headquartered in Dusseldorf.

Strong gas business drives operating earnings:

• First-half adjusted EBITDA up by about 50 percent year on year • Significant impairment charges lead to first-half net loss • Spinoff from E.ON nears finish line

Uniper’s operating business delivered improved numbers for the first half of 2016. Adjusted EBITDA of €1.5 billion was about 50 percent above the prior-year figure of €1 billion. Adjusted EBIT roughly doubled, increasing from €0.5 billion to €1.1 billion. The main drivers were the previously announced modifications to the terms of long-term contracts for procuring natural gas from Russia along with further positive impetus in the Global Commodities segment, whose adjusted EBITDA increased significantly to €1.2 billion (prior year: €0.4 bililon).

By contrast, adjusted EBITDA in the European Generation and International Power segments declined. European Generation continued to be plagued by continued low wholesale power prices in Germany and Scandinavia. This segment’s adjusted EBITDA declined by about one fifth to €0.4 billion (prior year: €0.5b illion).

Maasvlakte 3, a new generating unit in the Netherlands, made its first positive contribution to earnings.

International Power suffered from the consequences of the fire damage to unit 3 at Berezov power station in Russia and from a persistently weak ruble. This segment recorded adjusted EBITDA of €5 million (prior year: €150 million).

The extensive repairs to Berezov 3 likely will not be completed before mid-2018.